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Global crypto assets trended in a red zone this Thursday, with the CoinMarketCap chart noting an 8.11 percent drop as bitcoin slipped. Bitcoin Leads the Corrective Sentiment Bitcoin, the most dominant asset across the global cryptocurrency index, plunged 4.24 percent in what appeared like a technical correction. The...
Cryptocurrency exchanges are charging their customers more than what an average mainstream stock exchange does, according to Alex Krüger. The cryptocurrency analyst broke down the fee structure of some of the most popular crypto spot trading platforms. He compared the commissions charged for the lowest volume trades with...
The Swiss Financial Market Authority (FINMA) has stated that a crypto firm that accepted around US$90.5 million in deposits from more than 37,000 individual investors did so illegally. The company in question, Envion AG, is currently undergoing liquidation proceedings by the Zug bankruptcy authority. The upshot of the...
As Bitcoin moves ever closer to its block reward reduction, analysts are becoming more and more convinced that BTC will rally into the quadrennial event. One analyst notes that as this market nears the auspicious shift in issuance, the cryptocurrency could double by value, especially considering historical trends....
It probably seems obvious to most but cryptocurrency trading has been identified as posing a risk to people suffering from compulsive gambling habits. A survey by the Center for Gambling Studies at Rutgers University New Brunswick’s School of Social Work highlighted the link between the two high-risk pursuits....
The US Marshals Service is appealing for help disposing of seized or forfeited cryptocurrency. The government body is looking for firms to provide feedback on appropriate methods to store, liquidate, or potentially return Bitcoin and other cryptos involved with financial crimes. A request posted on FedBizOpps details a...
A pair of surveys has found that over two thirds of British consumers do not even know what cryptocurrency is. Meanwhile, less than 2 percent have ever bought crypto for more than £200. Unsurprisingly, as one of the centres of global finance, London leads the nation in self-proclaimed...
A Halifax court has granted an extension to QuadrigaCX’s creditor protection deadline. The story of the now-defunct crypto exchange that has most gripped the space so far in 2019 is therefore set to continue. According to court documents, QuadrigaCX’s CEO, Gerard Cotten, died with the only knowledge of...
Investors who purchased Litecoin during the significant November 2018 sell-off earned four times more returns than the investors who bought Bitcoin, highlighted Joe McCann. The financial expert, who serves as the head of systematic trading at crypto asset management firm, Passport Capital, calculated the returns made by the...
Two very separate markets in crypto and stocks are trending in the same direction on Monday. The first market is of Asian equities led by China. The mainland Chinese stocks today jumped more than 3 percent, its best since early November 2018. The CSI 300 Index (SHA: 000300),...
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